Newcastle upon Tyne council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 26 wards · 28 seats contested

Most seats
18
Labour Party
Seats contested
28
across 26 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 18 +1 31,471 39.2% +0.8
Liberal Democrats 6 -2 15,673 19.5% -3.8
Independent 2 +1 5,628 7.0% +0.8
Newcastle Independents 2 +1 5,498 6.8% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 14,164 17.6% +5.7
Green Party 0 +0 7,323 9.1% +0.2
Reform UK 0 +0 232 0.3% —
The For Britain Movement 0 +0 129 0.2% —
Communist Party of Britain 0 +0 99 0.1% +0.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 85 0.1% —
The North East Party 0 +0 72 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 28
Conservative and Unionist Party 28
Labour and Co-operative Party 28
Liberal Democrats 28
Green Party 27
Newcastle Independents 9
Independent 4
Reform UK 3
The For Britain Movement 2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2
Communist Party of Britain 1
The North East Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 28 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Arthur's Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Stephen Powers Elected 1,031 67.6% -2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Maggie Birkmyre 188 12.3% +4.9
Green Party Shehla Naqvi 123 8.1% -1.9
Newcastle Independents Joseph Ayo Eldridge 110 7.2% -1.4
Liberal Democrats Tahir Siddique 58 3.8% -0.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Daniel Gilmore 16 1.0% —
Majority843
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,526

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Benwell & Scotswood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rob Higgins Elected 1,799 57.7% +7.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Connor John Shotton 837 26.9% +17.7
Newcastle Independents John Alan Gordon 259 8.3% -4.5
Green Party Tony Roberts 117 3.8% -1.2
Liberal Democrats Hans Christian lb Andersen 104 3.3% -1.9
Majority962
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,116

Labour Party hold

Blakelaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Marion Williams Elected 1,051 48.8% -2.2
Newcastle Independents Annie Hunter 474 22.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Liam Vincent Kinchley 420 19.5% +10.1
Green Party Alistair Christian Ford 130 6.0% -0.3
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani 78 3.6% -8.7
Majority577
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,153

Labour Party hold

Byker 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Veronica Dunn Elected 1,175 59.4% +4.7
Labour Party Stephen Sheraton Elected 1,170 59.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John David Watts 450 22.8% +17.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Tulip 406 20.5% —
Green Party Nick Hartley 297 15.0% +5.4
Green Party Phill James 264 13.3% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Anthony Psallidas 107 5.4% +1.3
Liberal Democrats Richard James Scholfield 86 4.3% —
Majority720
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,978

Labour and Co-operative Party gain · Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Callerton & Throckley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Linda Isabel Wright Elected 1,292 43.8% +14.5
Newcastle Independents Adam Lee Mitchell 667 22.6% -11.5
Conservative and Unionist Party John Grierson Dobie 561 19.0% +3.4
Green Party Idwal Thomas John 322 10.9% -0.8
Liberal Democrats Aleisha Stansfield 108 3.7% -5.7
Majority625
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,950

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Newcastle Independents

Castle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Helen Laverick Elected 1,522 41.1% +7.0
Labour Party Andrew Herridge 1,026 27.7% -2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Esther Yewdall 731 19.7% +7.3
Independent Rachel Elizabeth Locke 230 6.2% -1.2
Green Party Andrew Thorp 197 5.3% -0.6
Majority496
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,706

Liberal Democrats hold

Chapel 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Lawrence Hunter Elected 2,631 70.0% +5.1
Independent Graham Wilfred Middleton Elected 2,566 68.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Peter Burnett 615 16.4% +7.9
Labour Party Jamie Dickinson 555 14.8% +1.0
Labour Party Sam Daniel Grist 441 11.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Walter Forster 439 11.7% —
Green Party James Paul Milne 107 2.8% —
Liberal Democrats Judith Lesley Steen 83 2.2% +0.3
Liberal Democrats David Partington 82 2.2% —
Majority1,951
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,760

Independent gain · Independent hold

Dene & South Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Karen Lesley Robinson Elected 1,777 45.1% +0.3
Labour Party Nick Arnold 1,177 29.9% +1.9
Green Party Anna Kirsten Foster 509 12.9% -0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Gerry Langley 475 12.1% +4.5
Majority600
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,938

Liberal Democrats hold

Denton & Westerhope

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Newcastle Independents Tracey Ann Mitchell Elected 1,493 46.5% +14.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Arlene Ainsley 1,075 33.4% -2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Bernard Bell 498 15.5% +8.8
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Joyce Dicken 75 2.3% -0.7
Green Party Tom Registe 73 2.3% —
Majority418
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,214

Newcastle Independents gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Elswick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nicu Ion Elected 1,599 66.0% -6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Saamiya Malik 436 18.0% +8.6
Green Party Peter John Stuart Thomson 234 9.7% -1.6
Liberal Democrats David Alan Faulkner 153 6.3% -1.0
Majority1,163
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,422

Labour Party hold

Fawdon & West Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Nick Cott Elected 1,648 49.6% -8.7
Labour Party Gordana Vasic Franklin 856 25.8% +3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Axford 608 18.3% +8.7
Green Party Roger Graham Whittaker 211 6.3% -3.4
Majority792
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,323

Liberal Democrats hold

Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Phil Hall Elected 1,473 34.5% -6.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Anandavardhan Anand 1,150 26.9% +0.6
Labour Party Isra Mohammed 1,016 23.8% +3.9
Green Party Frances Hinton 434 10.2% -3.0
Independent James Sheerin 201 4.7% —
Majority323
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,274

Liberal Democrats hold

Heaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Clare Penny-Evans Elected 1,592 49.1% +2.8
Green Party Andrew Gray 658 20.3% -7.4
Liberal Democrats Fiona Punchard 602 18.6% +0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Hamish John 294 9.1% +0.7
Communist Party of Britain Steve Handford 99 3.1% —
Majority934
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,245

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Kenton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stephen Lambert Elected 1,461 53.1% +4.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Alison Wake 595 21.6% +4.8
Liberal Democrats Rob Austin 403 14.7% -9.6
Green Party Joanna Mary Jenkinson 221 8.0% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Oisin Gourley 69 2.5% —
Majority866
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,749

Labour Party hold

Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alexander Geoffrey Hay Elected 1,239 49.8% -6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Leanne Conway-Wilcox 815 32.7% +3.5
Newcastle Independents Rochelle Monte 217 8.7% —
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 121 4.9% -9.6
Green Party Mark William Copsey 98 3.9% —
Majority424
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,490

Labour Party hold

Lemington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Newcastle Independents Jason Smith Elected 1,442 48.5% +11.3
Labour Party Lu Thompson 997 33.5% -8.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexis Fernandes 400 13.4% +2.9
Green Party Jess Maiden 79 2.7% -2.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Petrie 56 1.9% -3.4
Majority445
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,974

Newcastle Independents gain from Labour Party

Manor Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Greg Stone Elected 1,849 53.7% -3.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Stephen John Barry-Stanners 860 25.0% -8.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Callum Dawes 411 11.9% +1.9
Green Party Mike Rabley 274 8.0% —
Reform UK Barry Hugh Fowler 52 1.5% —
Majority989
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,446

Liberal Democrats hold

Monument

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shumel Rahman Elected 802 55.3% -3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party William Luke John Hayes 275 19.0% +3.3
Green Party Dana Abi Ghanem 243 16.8% -15.9
Liberal Democrats Thom Campion 129 8.9% -11.6
Majority527
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,449

Labour Party hold

North Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tanya Joanne Pretswell Elected 850 38.4% +10.0
Liberal Democrats Deborah Elizabeth Burns 800 36.1% -14.0
Green Party Robert Laurence Taylor 319 14.4% +1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Melissa-Jane Pearson 245 11.1% +2.7
Majority50
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,214

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Ouseburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Alistair Stuart Chisholm Elected 952 44.1% +6.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howse 899 41.6% -8.1
Green Party Daryl Hughes 216 10.0% +0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Wang-Evans 92 4.3% +1.1
Majority53
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,159

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Parklands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen Elected 1,927 41.9% +3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Yewdall 848 18.4% -0.3
Labour Party Abdul Samad 725 15.8% -0.3
Newcastle Independents John Hall 663 14.4% —
Green Party Audrey MacNaughton 439 9.5% +1.1
Majority1,079
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,602

Liberal Democrats hold

South Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Charlie Gray Elected 1,062 49.2% +12.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Olly Scargill 393 18.2% +2.6
Green Party Tim Dowson 344 15.9% -10.7
Liberal Democrats Tom Appleby 252 11.7% -7.9
The North East Party Brian David Moore 72 3.3% —
Reform UK Martin Evison 36 1.7% —
Majority669
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,159

Labour Party hold

Walker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Leslie Wood Elected 1,461 66.0% +12.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Marie Marron 504 22.8% +15.4
Green Party Rakesh Prashara 90 4.1% —
Liberal Democrats Bill Shepherd 81 3.7% -3.4
The For Britain Movement Tim Marron 77 3.5% —
Majority957
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,213

Labour Party hold

Walkergate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Maureen Beatrice Lowson Elected 1,608 51.7% +7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Oxborough 673 21.7% +12.2
Liberal Democrats Deborah Gallagher 470 15.1% +0.1
Green Party Jess Hamer 161 5.2% -1.1
Reform UK Michael Harrigan 144 4.6% —
The For Britain Movement Sharon Young 52 1.7% —
Majority935
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,108

Labour Party hold

West Fenham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Ian Tokell Elected 947 34.2% -10.0
Green Party Tay Pitman 647 23.3% +12.1
Liberal Democrats P.J. Morrissey 587 21.2% +15.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Kenneth Wake 419 15.1% +5.1
Newcastle Independents Sarah Jane Armstrong 173 6.2% -1.8
Majority300
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,773

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Wingrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Irim Ali Elected 1,652 61.3% +5.3
Green Party John Pearson 516 19.1% +5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Shabs Mohammed 386 14.3% +4.2
Liberal Democrats Kami Kundi 143 5.3% -6.5
Majority1,136
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,697

Labour Party hold

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